# Neo4j kafka sink not initializing/working when trying to stream data

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/neo4j-kafka-sink-not-initializing-working-when-trying-to-stream-data/38342>\
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform\
**Tags:** configuration, kafka, docker, neo4j, neo4j-streams\
**Created:** [May 14, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/neo4j-kafka-sink-not-initializing-working-when-trying-to-stream-data/38342 "2021-05-14T19:29:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/neo4j-kafka-sink-not-initializing-working-when-trying-to-stream-data/38342/3 "2025-04-20T18:21:08Z")

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Hi shashank

I am facing a small issue related to sink , any input is helpfull, please take a look if you can.

> [@Sink strategy not Assigned](https://community.neo4j.com/t/sink-strategy-not-assigned/73566):
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> hi this is aditya I am new to neo4j and kafka I am trying to load a graph into neo4j using my kafka. The problem when i try to query the rest api to load the data the task runs but fails , with the following issue. org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigException: Topic 'nyc\_taxicab\_data' is not assigned a sink strategy\n\tat org.neo4j.connectors.kafka.sink.SinkStrategyHandler$Companion.createForTopic(SinkStrategy.kt:229)\n\tat org.neo4j.connectors.kafka.sink.SinkStrategyHandler$Companion.create…

thanks in advance.

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